The South Carolina Ag + Art Tour is currently seeking farms to participate in the nation’s largest free farm tour to take place in June 2017. This free, self-guided tour is a great way for farms to showcase their operation and expand their exposure to locals and visitors alike.

Tour stops include family farms that produce food (produce or proteins), fiber or timber, or add value to traditional agricultural products (on-farm breweries, cideries, cheesemakers, etc.), or are other farm-based activities, such as farmer’s markets & roadside stands.

A special feature of this tour is an art component, as local artisans will be assigned to participating farm sites during the tour weekends. These artisans will be showcasing (and selling) their work, creating a unique blended visitor experience of both agriculture and art!

The 2017 tour will include 11 South Carolina counties with different counties participating each weekend in June (see schedule below). The tour will run Saturdays from 9am- 5pm and Sundays from 1- 5pm each weekend. Farms are encouraged to participate both days of their assigned weekend.

Weekend Participating Counties:

June 3 – 4, 2017 – Chesterfield County, Darlington County, Florence County, and Horry County

June 10 – 11, 2017 – Chester County and York County

June 17 – 18, 2017 – Kershaw County and Lancaster County

June 24 – 25, 2017 – Fairfield County, Newberry County, and Union County

Interested farms can visit our farm recruitment website at (www.agandarttour.com/farms) to learn more and apply. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2017.

Contact for Ag +Art Tour of Lancaster County is Cherry Doster at 803/289-1492 or by e-mail at (cdoster@lancastercitysc.com).